How to connect to another machine via Telnet?

Question

Hi,

I am trying to connect to another machine (Windows OS) from a machine (Windows OS) via the Telnet protocol. But I fail in connecting the machine.

My aim is that after connecting the machine, I should be able to run an application on the destination machine from source machine.

Error:
Microsoft Telnet> open 10.20.16.222

Connecting To 10.20.16.222...Could not open connection to the host, on port 23: Connect failed

I have tried downloading the telnet from command line and also checked in the Windows Features whether "Telnet Client" is enabled or not. But no luck. Can somebody help?

Answer 1

The target server would need to listen on TCP port 23.

You should not be using Telnet for remote management - it's not secure.

Use PowerShell Remoting instead. More at https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/learn/ps101/08-powershell-remoting?view=powershell-7.4

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Marcin